Twin Cities Software Symposium - No Fluff Just Stuff

Twin Cities Software Symposium

June 4 - 5, 2026

Sessions

Brian Sletten

Brian Sletten

Forward Leaning Software Engineer @ Bosatsu Consulting
Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel Hinojosa

Independent Consultant
Thu 8:45 AM What's New In Java Half-Day Part 1
An always changing look into what is new in the Java ecosystem
Thu 1:15 PM What's New In Java Half-Day Part 2
Fri 8:45 AM Java Testing Lab: Test Driven Development (with Ai)
Fri 1:15 PM Java's Asynchronous Ecosystem
Too Many Tools, One JVM
Fri 3:00 PM Monitoring Systems with Prometheus and Grafana
Scrape it! Measure it! View it! Act!
Brent Laster

Brent Laster

Global author, trainer and founder of Tech Skills Transformations LLC
Thu 8:45 AM AI 3-in-1: Agents, RAG and Local Models
Building out an AI agent that uses RAG and runs locally
Thu 1:15 PM Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol) - A hands-on guide
Understanding how AI agents can connect to the world
Thu 3:00 PM Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Understanding how AI agents connect to the world
Fri 8:45 AM AI Security for Developers and Practitioners - 1/2 day
Building Safe, Trustworthy, and Resilient AI Systems
Fri 1:15 PM Prompt Engineering Accelerator for AI
Mastering the Techniques, Patterns, and Strategies Behind High-Performance AI Prompting
Michael Carducci

Michael Carducci

Holistic Software Architect
Thu 8:45 AM Architecture Blindspots, Biases, and Blunders
Avoiding Common Pitfalls in System Design
Thu 10:30 AM Six Secrets to Succeeding with Microservices
Thu 1:15 PM When Code is Cheap, Architecture is Everything
Architecture in the Age of AI
Thu 3:00 PM Refactoring REST APIs for the Last Time: Strategies for a Future-Proof Design
Fri 8:45 AM 3rd Generation Agentic AI
Solving Integration, Intelligently
Fri 1:15 PM Your data is worthless to AI (Without a semantic layer)
Here's How to Fix It...